PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1851472039

Sarah CottinghamMD

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Family PracticeColumbia, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,003

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,955

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$167K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,484 Family Practice providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 1,121).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

7,258

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$822K

Distinct drugs

128

Brand share

22.9%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium435 claims

Amlodipine Besylate270 claims

Lisinopril230 claims

Losartan Potassium218 claims

Rosuvastatin Calcium217 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.1

Quality

68.9

Cost

78.1

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.38%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Sarah Cottingham's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 19 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
LEXINGTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT INC	390	2,603
Russell Ditzler Family Practice · Columbia, SC	135	379
Kate Nattier Physician Assistant · Simpsonville, SC	77	235
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, LLC	45	130
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	45	145
Joshua Mccain Diagnostic Radiology · Rockford, IL	39	87
PRISMA HEALTH-MIDLANDS	26	64
Beth Siroty-Smith Diagnostic Radiology · West Columbia, SC	25	52
CUPPLES, TOMMY	21	42
County Council For Richland County Ambulance Service Provider · Columbia, SC	21	56
Robert Garris Diagnostic Radiology · West Columbia, SC	19	48
David Knight Interventional Radiology · West Columbia, SC	18	26

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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